Prelude No. 13 in F♯ major, Well-Tempered Clavier I (BWV 858)
Johann Sebastian Bach · Level 5 (Advanced) · Baroque · Piano
A tender prelude in 12/16, with sixteenth notes gently rippling between the hands, in the luminous key of F♯ major. From the Well-Tempered Clavier (Book I, 1722), preludes and fugues in all twenty-four keys. F♯ major, 12/16, 30 bars (about one minute), complete score.
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- Listen first: the site plays it while the score scrolls.
- Wait mode: the score waits for you at every note, at your own pace.
- Tempo challenge: play in time, with a score and a map of the bars you got right.
- Six sharps: spot the E♯ (played as F) before starting. Count four dotted beats per bar and keep the lilt even. Key signature with 6 sharps: name them aloud before playing and spot the places where accidentals cancel them. Start hands separately in Wait mode, then put hands together at a slow tempo before speeding up gradually.
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- Partita 4 (BWV 828) — movement 6
- Aus meines Herzens Grunde (Chorale 1) (BWV 269)
- Two-Part Invention No. 1 in C major (BWV 772)
- Prelude No. 1 in C major, Well-Tempered Clavier I (BWV 846)
- Two-Part Invention No. 13 in A minor (BWV 784)
- Two-Part Invention No. 8 in F major (BWV 779)
- Little Prelude in F major (BWV 928)
- Two-Part Invention No. 4 in D minor (BWV 775)
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